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The Parnassim of the Kehillat Kodesh dei Tedeschi (Ashkenaz), Moise di Tardiola and . . . . [blank] give full authority to Rabbi Azriel to make taqqanot (ordinances or statutes):
- All members must pray…
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The Tedeschi (German) Congregation of Venice
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Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
1541
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Question: I was asked by the leaders of the holy congregation of Prostějov: A small piece of paper on which was drawn the image of a menorah, with the verses beginning “May God be gracious to us” from…
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Menaḥem Mendl Krochmal
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Nikolsburg, Holy Roman Empire (Mikulov, Czech Republic)
Date:
Before 1661
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Question: A woman pledged, when she lay ill, to give her disukia, which is embroidered with gilt silver thread, to be made into a ceremonial object for the synagogue. The disukia is what is called in…
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Yair Ḥayim Bacharach
Places:
Worms, Holy Roman Empire (Worms, Germany)
Date:
1699
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I received your inquiry in which you asked me to express my opinion . . . concerning a curtain with multicolored images that was designated a Torah curtain, and which has been used for some time for…
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Ezekiel Katzenellenbogen
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Altona, Kingdom of Denmark (Altona, Germany)
Date:
1732
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Grieve not at all on my departure for the Land of Israel (may it be built and established!). You gave me indeed a firm promise to that effect. And why should you be anxious? Many men travel years long…
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Elijah ben Solomon, Gaon of Vilna
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
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ca. 1797
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In answer to those who ask me whether or not it is permitted to paint the walls of the synagogue with pictures of grass, trees, and calyxes, we researched the question and our answer is as follows:
At…
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Samuel Archevolti
Places:
Venice, Republic of Venice (Venice, Italy)
Date:
Late 16th or Early 17th Century